The Classical Composers Database

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First ballet, Princess Turandot, won him post of composer to the Dresden State Opera.

Radical use of jazz elements in the Concerto for Orchestra led to conflict with the Nazi authorities. After the war, closely associated with the rejuvenation of the Salzburg Festival Operas, including Dantons Tod, Der Prozess, Der Zerrissene and Der Besuch der alten Dame, soon brought recognition as Austria’s leading composer, and rapidly attracted international performances Orchestral music conducted by the twentieth century’s leading maestros including Karajan, Furtwängler, Böhm, Ormandy, Sawallisch, Giulini, Dohnányi, Ozawa and Mehta.